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S. P. PARHAM. 7 Gas Regulator.

Patented April 10, I855.

To all whom it my concern .1

,saM-L) P. PARHA OF TRENTON, ew JERSEY. Y

rivrrnovnn GAS-REGULATOR.

spafieaao a Letters Patent No. 12592, dated Apri110, 1855.

Be it known thatI, SAMUEL P. PARHAM,

of Trenton, in the county of. Mercer and Estate of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Apparatus] for Regulating and Equalizin the Flow of Air, Gas, or Water Undera declarethat the same is describedvand rep resented in the followingspecifications and arying Pressure and I dohereby drawings. a To enable othersskilled in the art to'make and use my invention Iwill proceed to describe its construct-ion I. and operation referring to the drawingsin which the same letteds indicate likeparts in each of the figures. a Figure 1, is an elevation of my regulator the front plate being omitted to show Ithe interior. Fig. 2, is a-section of Fig. 1,.cut perpendicularly,through the center. 1 The nature of my invention consists in the arrangement of a .valvecin a cisternbetween the orifices ofthe supply and discharge pipe, so that as the pressure fromthe supply pipe increases it forces the valve into the discharge pipe partially closing it, thereby preyvent-ingftoogreat a. discharge; but if the pressure on the supply pipe diminishes the valve descends, so as to increase the opening into the discharge pipe, so as to let more of a the materiali'passing through the regulator escape, therebvregulating the amountof material passing out ofthe discharge pipe, Morin through the supply pipe'so as tomake the amount uniform under diflerentldegrees of pressure. a

In the accompanying drawings A is a circular cistern provided with stems or pipes 2B and C. The pipevB is provided with a female screw to which the male screw of the supply pipe .1) is fitted. This supply pipe is enlarged at its lower end and provided with: a female screw to fasten it to the-pipe fur nishing the material to pass through the regulator; Thecupper end of the pipe D is beveled to fit the interior of the conicalvalve .E and is provided with one or more scores a intended toall ow suflicient gastogpass to supply the light or burner when the pressure; is reducedso l owas to let the valve E.

settle onto the pipe D; The valve E is made 1 in theformof a hollow, cone as represented and provided with a long stem: 7) which eX- tends down into the supply pipe D and serves to prevent vthevalveffrom getting out n of place, while itallowsit to rise upjinto the opening of the dischargepipe so as to partially close it, when there is a high pressure upon the gas passing through the supply pipe D.

The opening intothe discharge pipe C is made a little elliptical by being cut away a little on two, sides as represented at cl, so

as to let sufiicient gas pass to supply the burner when the pressure on the gas lssuing from the supply pipe is sufficient to force the valve up into theopening of the pipe C, which pipe is provided with a male screw for the purpose of aflixing a burner.

In Fig. 1, the valve E is represented as forced up intothe discharge pipe and in Fig.

2, asresting upon the supply pipe. A face plate ofglass or metal should be fitted to the rebate F and fastened in by burnishing over I the edge of the rebate or by solderingor cementing it" in or otherwise. The valve E should be made of thin sheet metal and the weight of the valve and stem should be proportioned to. the size of the pipes, pressure of the gas or other material and the quantity intended to be furnished through the regulator.

The foregoing descrlption is intended to show that when the pressure on the supply pipe isincreased, it raisesthe valve E and.

partially closes the opening into the dis charge pipe and if the pressure diminishes the valve descends thereby regulating and graduating the escape of the gas more perfectly than any other apparatus heretofore used and furnishing a more uniform supply under dilferentdegrees of pressure.

Although I have described my apparatus applied to regulate the supply of gas to a burner or burners, I contemplate that it may be usefully applied to equalize the flow I of the various kinds of gases, steam, water and other liquids under diff-erent degrees of pressure. Also, that its construction may be varied in various ways which will readily suggest themselves to intelligent machinist,

and that the orifices of the supply and discharge pipes'may be placedin a different position in relation to each other from the V onerepresented, and a valve applied to each,

and'connected by a lever or levers, so that the valve over the supply pipe may be made to operate the valve of the discharge pipe.

What I claim as my invention and desire tosecure by Letters Patent in the above described apparatus is A conical valveor its equivalent operated by a jetpof air, gas or water applied immediately under it or against a cap or valve or nearly uniform supply under different connected to it, in combination With an degrees of pressure substantially as de- 10 elliptical seat or its equivalent so constructed scribed.

as to let the requisite supply of air, gas or i 5 Water escape when the valve is forced into SAML' PARHAM' the seat; the Whole being so constructed and \Vitnesses:

arranged as to regulate and equalize the flow I. DENNIS, J r.,

of air, gas or Water and furnish a uniform SAML. GRUBB. 

